Package holder



J. P. NIELSEN PACKAGE HOLDER Dec. 29, 1931.

Filed Aug. 1, 1930 c//zi P fii 8/562? 6 W m Patented Dec. 29, 1931 UNITED STATES JENS PQNIELS N, or CHICAGO. ILLmo Is PACKAGE HOLDER Application filed August 1, 1930. Serial No.47 2,260.

,Theinvention relates generally-to package holders and more particularly it relates to a holder adapted to retain one or more packages of nails, adhesive.or the" like within the bore of a roll of sheet material such as tarpaper. a a a In preparing material such as tar paper for shipment and storage, it is customary to form the material into rolls having a central bore therethrough and since it is customary to, supply with each roll a package of nails and a package of adhesive sealing material such as tar, such packages are usually made of a size which may be slipped into the bore of a roll.

1 One advantageous means for holding such packages in a bore, is shown in my prior Reissue Patent No. 17 ,260 and the general object of the present invention is t'o provide a new and improved holder of thischaracter which is e flicient in operation and simple and economical of construction. v

. Moreparticularly it is the object of this invention-tovprovide such a holder embodying spring. means of'new and improved construction which. cooperates, with the general form of the presser member to which it is attached to utilize the resilient properties of the metal of thespring in avmore' eflicient manner then heretofore, whereby to permit the use of aispring made of metal of a relatively thin gage.

Other ob 'ects and advantages will become apparent from the following description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, in which: V

Figure 1 is a front elevational view of a holder embodyingrthe invention in its preferred form, the device-being shown in operative relation with two packages.

Fig. 2 is a viewsimilar'to Fig. 1, showing the parts of the device in their inoperative positions and ready to receive the packages.

Fig. 3 is a plan view of the holdershown in Fig. 1, certain parts thereof being. shown in section and the upper package being re moved. r

For purposes of disclosure the preferred form ofthe invention is illustrated *inthe drawings and will be hereinafter described in detail as embodied in a holder having a... presser members and aspring of .a particular form but 1t is understood that this disclosure is not intended as alimitation of the? invention to the particular, t rm; shown, it being contemplated "that various changes may be made those skilled in the art without, departinglfrom thespirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims. 1 i I In the drawings the invention is illustrated as embodied in Y a holder. made from' sheet metal and having two substantially straight presser members wand 11, formed from the same str p of metaland connected by an-integrally formed strut 12. Theholder generally' considered isof inverted Li -shape, as illustrated in Fig. -2, with the two presser members 10 and 11 substantially parallel and I located in opposed relation so asto be adapted to be positioned inia bore 13(shown in dotted outline in Figs. 1 and 3) in which position the two members extend longitudinally along opposite sides of thebore. The

preferred embodiment herein shown is adapted to hold two packages 14 and 15, the

package 1 1 being a cylindrical container for tar, while the. package 15 may containnails or the like, The two packages are held in the desired 1 longitudinal position in the holder by abutment of the package 15 with the strut 12and the adjacent end of the containerlt, while the other end of the container 14 abuts a pair of lugs 16, Figs. 1 and 2,'

formed by the inwardly bent ends of the presser members 10 and 11. a v

To impart rigidity to the presser members l0and 11, and to adapt them for engagement with the surface of the bore 13, they are preferably made of arcuate cross-section as shown most clearly in Fig. 3 of the drawings.

When the holder is in position within the bore 18, it is held against displacement longitudinally of the bore by spring means which act to spread the two presser members 10 and 11 and thereby forcethem into firm frictional contact with the opposite sides of the bore.

This spring means is preferably made from a strip 17 of resilient sheet metal, the central section 18 of which is secured'to the inner loo side of the presser member 11 by tangs 19 struck from the presser member 11 at points spaced longitudinally thereof and extending through apertures 20 in the central sect-ion 18 of the strip 17. The tangs 19 are bent over and against the inner side of the central section 18 to hold the spring means in place. At points spaced a short distance from the securing'tangs 19, the opposite ends of the strip 17 are reversely bent at 21 so as to extend toward each other at acute angles-to the central section 18, thereby to provide resilient spring arms 22 adapted to engage the adjacent side of the container 14.

Vhen the spring arms 22 engage the container let and press the same toward the opposite member 10, the container is held against longitudinal displacement in the holder by engagement with the lugs 16 at one end and a lug 23, which is preferably struckfrom the presser member 10 and engages the other end of the container 14.

The strip 17 is preferably shaped to conform with the shape of the presser member 11in such a manner as to provide a spring of unusual strength, and to this end the central section 18 is of arcuate cross-section as shown in Fig. 3. At its end the central section' 17 gradually merges with the flat crosssection which is provided at the bends'21, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. Thus, when the spring arms 22 are bent toward the presser member 11, asv shown in Fig. 1, the portions of the central section which lie between the bends 21 and the tangs 19 form unusually stiff leaf springs which bend sli htly away from the presser member as shown at 2% in Fig. 1.

The ends of the spring arms 22 are preferably shaped for engagment with a cylindrical container 14 by forming the ends thereof to an arcuate cross-section, as shown at 25 in Figs. 1 and 3. The radius of this arcuate form becomes gradually larger toward the bends 21 so that the arcuate form ofthe arms 22 merges with the straight cross-section of the spring arms at the bends 21. Thus, the spring arms 22, between the arcuate ends 25, and the bends 21 constitute comparatively strong leaf springs and the principal part of the distortion which takes place in the strip 17 concentrated in the bends 21.

It has been found that by employing spring means wherein the spring arms are bent back toward each other and are disposed at an acute angle to the attaching portion, it is possible to utilize sheet metal of co1nparatively thin gage so that the cost of the de vice is materially reduced.

1 claim as my invention 1. A de ice for holding a package in the bore of a roll, said device comprising a substantially straight presser member adapted to extend longitudinally along one side of the bore and to have a package positioned between it and the opposite side of the bore, resilient means for urging the package toward said opposite side of the bore and said presser member against the adjacent side of tae bore, said means comprising a strip of sheet metal extending longitudinally along and secured at its center to said presser member and having its opposite ends reversely bent toward each other and disposed at acute angles to said central portion to form spring arms operable to exert force upon one side of the package to press the package toward said opposite side of the bore and said member against the adjacent side of the here.

2.2). device for holding a package in the bore of a roll, said device comprising a sub stantially straight presser member adapted to extend longitudinally along one side of the bore and to have a package positioned between it and the opposite side of the bore, resilient means for urging the package to ward said opposite side of the bore and said presser member against the adjacent side of the bore, said means comprising a strip of sheet metal having a first portion thereof extending along and secured to said presser member and a second portion thereof bent reversely with respect to said first portion to form a spring arm disposed at an acute angle to said first portion and adapted to engage the package to hold said presser member yieldingly against the adjacent side of the bore and to force said package toward the opposite side of the bore.

3. A holder for retaining packages in the bore of a roll, said holder comprising a substantially straight presser member adapted to extend longitudinally along one side of the bore and to have a package positioned between it and the opposite side of the bore, an elongated sheet metal strip of arcuate crosssection having one portion positioned along the inner surface of said presser member, said strip having one of its ends reversely bent, said strip being of flat cross-section at its bend and said fiat section merging with the arcuate cross-section of said portion of the strip, said bent end forming a spring arm adapted to engage the side of the package to press the member against the adjacent side of the bore and to force the package toward the opposite side of the bore, and means securing said strip to said member.

i. A holder for retaining a package in the bore of a roll, said holder comprising a substantially straight presser member adapted to extend longitudinally along one side of the bore and to have a package positioned between it and the opposite side of the bore, a strip of resilient sheet metal having a central portion positioned along the inner surface of said member, said strip having its opposite ends reversely benttoward each other to form resilient arms adapted to engage the package and press said member and to force said package yieldingly toward the opposite side of the bore, and means securing the central portion of said strip to said member at points spaced from bends in the strip.

each other and from the In testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed my signature.

JENS P.v NIELSEN, 

